ssorllih Bones His Butt

Chuckwagon · Post by **Chuckwagon** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 21:57

Great work ol' timer but I wish you had been speaking through the videos. Shucks we'd like to hear what you've got to say while you've got a knife in your hand

Very well done. Thanks for sharing.

Your ol' pal,
Chuckwagon

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 22:21

Nancy tells me I don't talk enough too.

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 02:51

Thank you for posting those clips Ross, and also thanks to your previous guidance I could practice de-boning the butt i bought this weekend.

Worked out very well!

crustyo44 · Post by **crustyo44** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 02:58

Ross,
You talk not enough according to your wife but probably think plenty.
Same problem here, my wife doesn't realise that my brain still does 100 miles an hour when I come home from work. I am still thinking about stock levels 3 month in the future.
Regards,
Jan.

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 22:08

After I boned my butt and then cured my butt it was time to tie it up. Kinky No?
Just a couple of video clips. It would have been one long one but Nancy discovered that the bank was closed so she couldn't deal with the church moneies until tomorrow and came home. Thus the break.
http://s1112.photobucket.com/albums/k48 ... ew0004.mp4
http://s1112.photobucket.com/albums/k48 ... ew0005.mp4

Keymaster · Post by **Keymaster** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 00:30

2 thumbs up on that Butt tying video Ross, Thanks for sharing!!!

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 01:38

Thanks. It is rather long but that's how long it takes.

Devo · Post by **Devo** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 02:02

Thanks for the vid Ross. Thought that was very cute how the wife slipped out of the room once she found out the sound was on

Chuckwagon · Post by **Chuckwagon** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 04:13

Nicely done Ross! Beautiful work. Those knots get hard to tie at the end when you have wet, slippery fingers. Do you ever season the inside with anything before rolling it up? Please give Nancy our kindest regards! Thanks for sharing this video with us ol' pal. Happy New Year!

Best Wishes,
Chuckwagon

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 04:20

The piece had been curing for two weeks so I was just pulling all of the loose ends together. Not just wet, slippery, gooey fingers, the strings start to get pretty tight as you work along. Tomorrow I will cut one of those and see what the inside looks like.
I got them in the smoke before noon and finished them after 8 PM. A warm trimming from the bacon held promice.

Edit to ask: did the sound come through alright? my speakers don't work so I don't konw.
And thank you all for the kind thoughts for Nancy. I will let everyone know how she makes out with her surgery Thursday.

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 17:20

This seems like a good finish for this thread.
I recorded the weight of the pieces before I cured them and after they were smoked. This is the result:
Bacon slab Green 3 pounds 4 ounces. Smoked 2 Pounds 13 ounces. Weight loss% 17
One half ----- "----3----"------4---"-------smoked-2----"-----11----"---------"------- "-----21
Other half----"-----3----"------6---"-------smoked 2----"-----13-----"--------"--------"-----16.6

I think that the different percentages reflect the fat content of each piece.

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 19:08

I am supposed to include the details of the cure so here it are.
December 14 started with 11 pound butt cut a skin side slab for bacon 3 1/4 pounds removed the scalpula and cut the remained into two pieces3.5 & 3.25 each. I mixed 4.5 ounces of salt 1/2 ounce of Cure #1. 8 tablespoons of sugar and one of molasses and 2 ounces of water. I rubbed this mixture into all of the pieces and put them in a large plastic bag tightly closed and plased them in the fridge. I took them out each day and tumbled the pieces in the bag for a minute or so. On the 26th of December the story above continues.This is the finished product;

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 01:56

Hi Ross,

I have some catching up to do with reading after the festive days, just watched your videos and they are awesome! And the finished product above looks equally good!

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 02:23

We had a couple of slices from the middle topped with pineapple and brown sugar and a touch of clove. Very pleasing.
Bubba Thank you.

DLFL · Post by **DLFL** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 00:02

Looks like good eats to me! Nice job.

Dick

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